Bremen, Bremen, Germany
▶️Executive Summary: Strategic, solutions-focused Head of HSE and Sustainability with 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, providing tactical foresight, strategic vision, and proven track record of changing the culture of companies to ensure safety through delivery of value-added systems and procedures. Demonstrating reputation of reducing safety-related incidents, nurturing teams, driving achievement of corporate objectives and KPIs within budgetary constraints, and implementing sustainability as an accelerator to transform every business division. Establishing sustainability goals and devising environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) roadmaps targeting task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD) compliancy. Embedding sustainability in strategy to meet evolving investor pressure, consumer demand, and regulatory requirements to ensure increased productivity. ▶️Professional Achievements: ▪ Deputised for the COO, reviewed the renewal of company’s insurance package and collaborated in the assessment of a planned merger, attending meetings between Gulf and the target company. ▪ Spearheaded 89% decrease in overall incident rate from 14.7 to 1.5 per 1 million working hours. ▪ Established from ground up, complete HSE department including management systems and security, evacuation plans, crisis management, recruiting, and collaboration with intelligent services. ▪ Pioneered sustainability projects, including projects to reuse and recycle water bottles into irrigation systems and cuttings from drilling into asphalt. ▪ Developed Net Zero strategies, coordinating vendors, supply chain, HR, emissions, waste management, and budget & presenting results to the board and executive committee. ▪ Devised and led country HSE management system ISO implementation incorporating ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO 45001. ▪ Produced sustainability ESG roadmap, presented to the board, and received full approval, overseeing drive towards TCFD compliance as end-of-year target. ▪ Advised executive committee of potential M&A prospects and presented reports on ESG, including energy & water consumption, carbon footprint, labour conditions, diversity, gender ratio & sustainability. ▶️Specialities: Strategic Vision & Planning ▪ Team Leadership ▪ Stakeholder Relations ▪ Solution Focused ▪ Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) ▪ Project Management ▪ Change Management ▪ Performance Management ▪ Stakeholder Relationship Management ▪ Risk Management ▪ Sustainability ▪ Environment & Social Impact Assessments (ESIA)
▶️ LEADERSHIP: Oversee 7 direct reports and 72 indirect reports with $7.4M budget. Establish and maintain HSE, ESG strategy, and sustainability management as an integral part of developing corporate strategy. Coordinate all aspects of HSE and sustainability, from production sites to ExComm/Board, OpEx, and CapEx budgets, sustainability reporting, strategic decision making, Green Funds, and business development. ▶️ PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: ▪ Reduced incident safety rates and increased safety knowledge through training, education, and support to individuals while demonstrating cultural and religious awareness leading to massive financial savings and cost reductions. ▪ Enhanced reputation of Gulf Keystone through high safety culture and record, achieving competitive advantage over other petroleum employers. ▪ Oversaw legal liabilities in Iraq as Director of GKPI, and contributed to financial and strategic decisions in collaboration with the holding company. ▪ Driving sustainability to transform every division of the business as an integral part of developing corporate strategy and directly advising the executive committee and Board in all matters of HSE and sustainability. ▪ Initiated net zero and sustainability programmes in collaboration with HR to assess vendor and supplier emissions. ▪ Implemented ESG strategy and sustainability management projects with full support from executive committee and the board, ensuring projects were in line with TCFD, SASB, IPIECA, and API. ▪ Surpassed KPIs targets and met “stretch” between 96% and 99% to ensure achievement of HSE KPIs and contribute to 15% bonus of the entire workforce.
▶️ LEADERSHIP: Orchestrated HSE department restructure to implement full-fledged HSE management system including, HSE organization, procedures, training schemes, hiring team members, and raising awareness for HSE. Facilitated positive adoption of safety-centric culture across the business despite lack of awareness in HSE and the need for extensive workforce education. ▶️ PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: ▪ Devising and implementing improved safety management protocols to reduce incident rates from 14.7 per million working hours in line with industry levels. ▪ Oversaw reduction in insurance rates and cost due to implementation of lower incident rates through safety programmes and strategies. ▪ Executed crisis and emergency management, including delivering first responder support and management direction to aid transition to immediate recovery scenario. ▪ Deputising for COO when required. ▪ Launched investigation into surface operations department budget and time overrun, reported to COO and presented root cause, contributing factors and recommend actions to avoid such failures in the future.
Lecturing on Sustainability and Health & Safety in the Oil & Gas Industry, including industry fundamentals
▪ Updating COSHH Management System acc. to GHS Regulations ▪ Compilation of COSHH Assessments
▪ Directed all HSE related aspects during drilling campaign (12 wells). ▪ Personnel Management. ▪ HSE Budget responsibility. ▪ Implemented HSE Management System (DIN 14001, OHSAS 18001). ▪ Compiled risk assessments, HAZOP studies, HAZID, HSE Plan and procedure reviews. ▪ Planned and supervised Oil Based Mud treatment. ▪ Audited contractors as part of tender assessments. ▪ Governmental Liaison Officer (Sonatrach). ▪ Coordinated and followed up Environmental Impact Assessments.
▪ Managing all HSE aspects for Baker Hughes during the Nord Stream 1 project ▪ Managing HSE at landfall construction site in Lubmin, Germany ▪ Managing HSE during first gas injection in Wyborg, Russia ▪ HSE Training of German and Russian construction workers